US Patent Issued to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS on Nov. 25 for "Vehicle component and method for molding a plastic item" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,464, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Vehicle component and method for molding a plastic item" was invented by Rene Lemieux (Granby, Canada) and Guillaume Morin (Racine, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle component including a component body defining an aperture and including an outer textured surface surrounding the aperture on an exterior side of the component body; and a mesh extending over the aperture, a portion of the mesh being molded into at least a portion of the component surrounding the aperture, a surface of the portion of the mesh abutting the oute...